Closing Bell: Applied Digital Rises, Tesla Falls on France Sales, Steelmakers Surge

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- Shares of Steel Dynamics (STLD) rose along with other US-based steelmakers as traders continued to react to President Donald Trump's Friday announcement of higher tariffs on steel and aluminum. Trump hopes the increased levies will protect margins for domestic mills and spur investment in new production capacity, and shares of US steel and aluminum makers surged in after-hours trading after the announcement on Friday. But construction companies have warned that levies on steel and aluminum — which Trump had already raised from 10% to 25% — will increase the cost of critical building materials.

- Tesla (TSLA) shares fell on word that new-vehicle registrations plunged to an almost three-year low in France. The automaker sold only 721 cars in May, down 67% from a year earlier, according to French industry association Plateforme Automobile. Tesla’s registrations were the lowest since July 2022, despite the company rolling out a redesigned version of its most popular vehicle, the Model Y. Musk recently denied the need for a plan to improve Tesla’s fortunes, telling Bloomberg News in a May 20 interview that the company had “already turned around.” While the CEO claimed Tesla was seeing sales decline along with every other carmaker in Europe, manufacturers including Volkswagen AG, Renault SA and BMW AG increased deliveries in the first four months of the year.

- Applied Digital (APLD) shares rose as much as 45% today, in its biggest intraday jump since September, after the company enter into two lease agreements with CoreWeave.

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